Testing the robustness of transmission network models to predict ectoparasite loads. One lizard, two ticks and four years

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-277

  Wohlfiel, Caroline K ^a   Leu, Stephan T ^a   Godfrey, Stephanie S ^a,b   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lizard; Parasite transmission; Social network; Tick

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888059777     PISSN: 22132244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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